president trump. what do you think? watch the twitter feed. seems like he is worried. you are not? loyal guy. black box. we ll find out when s in there. the presumption from mr. trump s lawyer is that cohen has something. that the president s guilty. everybody s presumption is he ll flip with something about trump s guilt. and i think it s probably a good presumption. why would he flip exposing to state crimes? only federal. no incentive. we have to wait and see. thank you. i turn you over to wolf blitzer in the situation room. thanks for watching. happening now, breaking news. putin s back channel a lawyer from robert mueller s team defends the special counsel s investigation in court. suggesting indicted former trump indictment chairman paul manafort could have been a potential back channel to russia. has mueller overstepped the mandate? handing over the memos in a rare move the justice department
briefing. on the subject of the dossier, how much of it do you think you were able to prove to be correct verify or debunk? work was still under way. i wouldn t be able to say if i was still there. some of it is it fair to say some verified as true and some false? i think all i can say a core part of it consistent with lots of other intelligence core part being the russians engaged in an orchestrated campaign to influence the american election. michael cohen, i want to ask you about him. now under criminal investigation. your former job. cnn s reporting that one of president trump s former lawyers is warning the president that michael cohen could flip and also we re hearing and lots of people reported that president trump and his advisers are much more concerned about the investigation into michael cohen than they are into the russia investigation. put on your legal analyst hat for a second.
were released the white house believes that they have largely weathered this storm. i was talking to several republicans who have spoke within the president this week here and one said this jake. so far he s weathered comey. it s cohen that s consuming him. michael cohen, his personal lawyer here. so that s what the white house is use questions about james comey, as well. they believe that s largely a success. they believe that you know several questions have been raised about this. jake first and foremost they believe most all of this about james comey not donald trump. the white house sees that as a win. jake? all right. jeff zeleny traveling with the president in florida. thank you. i m back with the panel. do you think the president, his reputation isn t being damaged at all by the james comey? i wonder if it s already baked in. the things james comey is talking about, he s a litmus test. if you think james comey is the
possible. he said the same thing to abc. in that sense i have to go back aook. about the prostitutes and the urine. but i don t know. i m not again i m too polite to mention that on air, as well. it s a medical term. you re right. golden shower. let s put the urine aside, what do you think about him not saying yes i think the nation would be better off? he think it is president is a forest fire. better off without a forest fire? he couldn t clear that low bar. the other things grow after the forest fire is the metaphor he uses. what now? jackie can i can just agree. also a development of i want your perspective on this. we have 80 seconds. which is the question about whether or not michael cohen will flip. former attorney for president trump said that he should be worried, concerns of michael cohen testifying against
you get in a position you put him in. an investigation of hillary which cleared her and talking about that which harmed her desperately. an investigation of trump has not cleared him yet and you didn t talk about that. that is unfair and unjust. he did talk about it five months later and that s when we come back. everyone stick around. what white house officials say is really bothering president trump right now. stay with us. was able to take care of my family while i was overseas serving. it was my very first car accident. we were hit from behind. i called usaa and the first thing they asked was are you ok? they always thank you for your service which is nice because as a spouse you serve too. we re the hayles and we re usaa members for life. see how much you could save with usaa by bundling your auto and home insurance. get a quote today.